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[PREFACE. 



•Particular attention is called to the course in English. All 
teachers are agreed as to the inii^ortauce of this branch in our 
mixed population. A uniform and continnous drill, as indicated 
iu the course of study, carried through the six or eight years of the 
school life of the children ought to give them a fair knowledge of 
sj)oken and written English. 

It is thought advisable for teachers to have their juipils begin to 
write with pen and i\il- as early as possible— certainly not later 
than the third year in school. Payson and Dunton's Primary 
Course is to be used. 

It is ordered by the Board that every teacher shall endeavor to 
carrv out the course herein set forth. 



primary QQurge.. • 



First Year. 

FIKST TERM.— Thikteen Weeks. 
Language — 

Vocabulary. Fifty words of familiar objects about school 
room and borne, first object and words corresponding made into 
phrases, to be "It is" — &c., as set forth in Swintou's Primer. These 
words and phrases to be also taugiit in scrijit, from blact-board 
and copied by jiupils. Care must be taken to teach a correct pro- 
nunciation. 

Numbers. By objects to ten, developing from one to ten 
through the four rules, to be thus given, 1 + 1 = 2; 1-1=0; 
1x1 = 1; l-=-l = l, &c., through the number 5, according to the 
Grube s^'stem. The numbers must be written by the pupils in 
both figures and words. 

SECOND AND THIRD TERMS. 

Language — 

Swinton's Primer. "Words to be read at sight ; in connection 
with which Phonic drill must be given to enable the pupils to 
enunciate unfamiliar sounds. All words to be written on the black- 
board and reproduced b}' the pupils on their slates. Voice culture. 
Dictation of short sentences. Conversation lessons. All answers 
must be given in complete sentences. 
Writing — 

Introduce single letters and three principles of small letters; 
also, capitals. Care taken to have pupils make correct slant. 
' Numbers. To be continued as in the first term through the 

number 10. 

Singing. Tonic Sol-Fa, first step. 



Second Year. 

Language — 

Swinton's Fii'st Reader. Sight Reading — difficult words to be 
j)ronounced, tirst by teacher and followed by pupil. Phonic drill 
continued. Copying and punctuation marks. Dictation of short 
sentences. Conversation continued. Care must be taken to teach 
pupils proper modulation and intonation of voice. Composition 
of short original sentences about familiar things, simple and direct. 
Sentences constructed from familiar nouns and action words. 
IVtemorize short j^iieces of j^rose and poetry. Recite singly and in 
concert. 

Arithmetic — 

Carry out the Grube method through twenty. Numbers to 
one hundred. Then teach the four rules by the oulinarj- method. 
Multiplication table to the tens. Short examples in all four rules, 
limiting the multiplier and divisor to one figure. Tables for United 
.States money, and Long Measure to yards. Roman numerals, as 
they occur in reader. Teach pupils to tell time by clock. 

Writing — 

Systematic teaching continued. Use lead pencils and papei". 

Geographv — 

Location and direction from school-house, made as a conver- 
sation lesson. 

Drawing. Three lines combined. 

Singing. Tonic Sol-Fa, second step. 



Third Year. 

Language — 

Swintou's Second Reader. Sight reading — Phonic drill — Phonic 
values learned gradually from the poetry at the commencement of 
book, page 15. Voice culture. Proper emphasis. Punctuation. 
Copying. Dictation of short paragraj)hs. Explanation of meaning- 
words. Conversation lessons upon matter read and familiar objects. 



Composition. Abstract of lessons. Chaugiug direct sentences into 
interrogative and imperative sentences. Supply omitted words in 
partially constructed sentences. Teach projjerly the way in which 
to commence and end a letter, and to direct an envelope. Teach 
practically the use of singular and plural of name words, and use 
of action- word forms. 

Arithmetic — 

Reading and* writing numbers to tens of thousands. Multipli- 
cation table through twelve, thorough drill. Practical exercises on 
four rules. Use not more than two figures in multiplier. Long 
Division, not more than two figures for divisor. Fractional cpian- 
tities to twelfths. Continuation of table of Long Measure. Avoir- 
dupois Weight. Liquid Measure. Aliquot parts of a dollar. Time 
Table. Carefully teach the proper form for making out short bills 
of groceries, dry goods, etc., not more than three items in each bill. 
Use Ficklin's Primary Arithmetic. 

Writing — 

Continuation of diill on forms and principles. Power to write 
straight on unruled surfaces. Use ink and pens. 

GrEOGRAPHY — 

Of the Islands taught from the map. Introduce Monteith's 
First Lessons to page 21. 

Drawing — continued. 

Singing. Tonic Sol-Fa, third step. 



Fourth Year. 

Language — 

Swinton's Third Reader through Lesson Tliirty-one. Thorough 
Phonic drill. Phonic markings. Definitions of i^unctuation marks 
learned. Voice culture. A great deal of coj^ying, so as to acquire 
literary form, ('onstant dictation of paragraphs. Explanation of 
meanings of words. Conversation lessons on subject matter read, 
and on familiar objects. Composition. Sentences cast into i^ara- 



graphs. Changing sentences from direct to indirect, and vice versa, 
etc. Letter writing continued. Teach practically the use of verb 
forms, of noun forms. Introduce the names of parts of speech. 

Arithmetic — 

Reading and writing numbers to millions. Practical exercises 
in four rules, using four or five figures for the multiplier, four figures 
for divisor. Greatest common measure and least common multiple. 
Addition and subtraction of fractional quantitiej^ having common 
denominators. Multiplication and division of fractional quantities. 
Review of preceding tables of weights and measures in addition to 
Square Measure. United States money. Bills. 

Writing — 

Continuation of drill on principles. Writing on slates, black- 
boards, or paper unruled. Pay attention to relative size of letters 
and slant. 

Geography — 

Of the Hawaiian Islands, oral from map, continued. Complete 
Monteith's First Lessons. Oral instruction on occupations and 
products of the Islands. 

Drawing — continued.. Use of colored chalks. 

Singing — third step continued. 



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Fifth Year. 

Language — 

Swinton's Third Eeader completed. Review earlier work. 
Phonic drill continued. Definitions of punctuation marks. Mem- 
orize short selections of poetry and jirose, recite sino-ly and in 
concert. Voice culture. Dictation of paragraphs. Explanations 
of meanings of words. Conversation lessons continued. Compo- 
sition, paragraphs. Adjectives and adverbial phrases introduced 
with their j^roper position in sentences. Exercises in changing 
sentences. Exercises on the analysis of simple sentences. Letters 
continued. Introduce Swinton's New Language Lessons to page 20. 
Arithmetic — 

Introduce Barnes' National Arithmetic. Notation and numer- 
ation fully taught. Practical exercises on four rules from Text 
Book. Common fractions fully taught, omitting long and involved 
examples. Practical application of common fractions. Review of 
tables, adding Dry Measure, Cubic Measure. Thorough Review of 
previous work. 
Writing — 

Continuation of drill, as in j^revious year. 
Geography- — 

Hawaiian from Text Book. Introduce Monteith's Elementary 
Geography to page 19. Outline maj) drawing of the Islands. 

Drawing- — on paper. 

Singing. Tonic Sol-Fa, fourth ntep. 



Sixth Year. 

Language — 

Swinton's Fourth Reader to page 188. Review work upon 
past year. Phonic drill and marking. Memorizing selections of 
poetry and prose, recite singly and in concert. Voice culture. 



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Copying. Written summary of lessons. Dictation of 2:)aragraplis. 
Explanation of meaning of words. Conversation lessons. Coni- 
l^osition. Rules for the position of modifiers. Practical exercises. 
Exercises on changing sentences. Combine original statements 
into continued narrative. Analysis of simple sentences. Swinton's 
New Language Lessons, Sections 2, 3, 4, to page 115. 
Aeithmetic — 

Thorough review of previous Avork, with special attention to 
accuracy and rapidity in working practical examples. Fractions 
continued, involving the more difficult concrete examples. Decimal 
Fractions thoroughly taught and applied. Examples to be dictated 
to pujnls, not simply written. Easy j^ractical examj^les in reduction 
of compound numbers, the tables of which have been previously 
learned. 
AVriting — 

Care taken that all papers are neat and clean. 
Geography — 

Review of Hawaiian Geography. Complete Monteith's Ele- 
mentary Geography. General Map Drawing. 
Physiology — 

Oral physiology and hygiene. Use Steele's as teachers' refer- 
ence book. 

Drawing — 

Sinsfinff — 



Seventh Year. 

Language — 

Swinton's Fourth Reader completed. Alexander's Hawaiian 
History, first half. Voice culture. Written summar^^ of lessons 
read, especially those in Hawaiian History. Dictation of para- 
graphs. Written explanation of meanings of words. Conversation 
lessons. Composition. Continue exex'cises of previous year. Orig- 
inal compositions on Island industries, products, and j^laces. 
Swinton's New Language Lessons completed. 



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Arithmetic - 

Toj^ical review of jHevious work througli decimals. Coniiiound 
numbers completed. Percentage. Tboroug-li drill upon the written 
and mental work of the five percentage rules. Drill upon aliquot 
parts of per cent. Simj^le interest. 
Geography — 

Oral Geography on routes of travel, products and industries 
of various countries. Climate. Winds. Currents. Atmospheric 
phenomena. Physical Geography, illustrations mainly taken from 
Hawaiian Islands. 
Physiology — 

Drawing — 

Singing— 



Eighth Year. 

Language — 

Alexander's Hawaiian History completed. Written summary 
of Hawaiian History. Composition. Reproduction of pieces or 
stories read by the teacher. Original compositions on familiar 
subjects. Power of description cultivated. Topical review of 
Swinton's New Language Lessons. 
Arithmetic — 

Topical review of work of previous year. Teach Profit and 
Loss, Partnership, Proportion, Simple and Compound Interest, 
Square and Cube Root. 
Geography — 

Review of work of past years. Extend information. 
Physiology — 

Steele's Physiology completed. 
Natural Philosophy — 

Elementary mechanical powers. Use Steele's as teachers' 
handbook. 

Drawing — 

Singing — 



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First Year. 

English — 

Swintou's English Grammur aud Composition. 'Analysis and 
parsing. Position of clauses and phrases. 

Reading — 

Merchant of Yenii-e. American poems — Scudder. Brookes' 
English Literature. 
Mathematics — 

Algebra — Through equations of one unknown quantity. Tiior- 
ough topical review of Arithmetic — Barnes. 
History — 

Sainton's Outlines. 

Physical Geography — 
Book-Keeping — 
Accounts. 

Latin — 

Elementary. Ctesar, De Bellico Gallico. Book I — Selections. 



Second Year. 

English — 

Rhetoric — Kellogg. 
Re.\ding — 

Hales' Longer English Poems. Dickens" Christuias Cuol. 
Selections from Peile's Philology. 
Composition — 

Selections from reading. 
Mathematics — 

Algebra completed. Two Books of Geometry. 



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History — 

Dr. Smith's History of Rome. ' Dr. Smiths History of Greece. 
Geology — 

Steele's Fourteen Weeks. 
Latin — 

Caesar. De Bellico Gallico, Books II., Ill and V. Virgil's 
^■Eneid, Book I. 



Third Year. 

English — 

Rhetoric^Kellogg completed. 
Reading — 

Hale's Poems completed. Macbeth. Irviug's Conquest of 
Granada. 
Composition — 
Mathematics — 

Plane Geometry comjjleted. Trigonometry. 
History — 

Green's History of the English People. Barnes' U. S. History. 
Latin — 

Virgil's .Eneid— Book IL to VL (Optional.) 

AsTEONOr.IY 

Steele's New Astronomy. 



Throughout the course, it should be impressed uiioii the i^uinls 
to be neat, punctual, kind and courteous to one another and to their 
teachers. Upon j^i'oper occasions, brief talks should be given upon 
truthfulness, and honest conduct pertaining to all relations in life. 
Special i)aius should be taken to cultivate love of countiy, loyalty 
and respect for law. Tha virtues of filial obedience, self-control, 
chastity, temperance, benevolence, charity, kindness to animals as 
well as to mankind, respect to superiors in age and position, and 
much more, should be taught by precept, illustration and example. 



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List of Books used in the HaAvaiian Government Scliools, up to 
the eighth year: 

Swinton's Readers. 

Ficklin's Elementary Arithmetic. 

Barnes' National Arithmetic. 

Monteith's First Steps in Geography. 

Monteith's Elementary Geography. 

Swinton's New Language Lessons. * 

Payson and Dunton's Copy Books. 

The Tonic Sol-Fa Music Reader. 

Alexander's History of the Hawaiian People. 



The following requirements will release children from school 
after they have completed their thirteenth year, when apiJlied for 
under the law : 
Reading — 

Swinton's Second Reader, complete. Intelligent answers upon 
questions asked. 
Composition — 

Ability to write a short letter, commencing and ending j^rop- 
erly, and to direct the envelope. 
Arithmetic — 

Four rules. Figures to be used up to millions, four in multi- 
plier, four in divisor. United States money. Ability to make out 
a bill of groceries, dry goods, etc. Tables of Avoirdujiois, Long, 
Square and Cubic Measure, Dry Measure and Time Table. 
Geography — 

Hawaiian Islands. Map of the World. 



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